I have never done this before!! I want to try it!! :) I've never seen those little packets...where are they located in the store?? I love your new lens too. I have lens envy. You know I'm going to have to go get one now! lol

Hi - it's lovely to 'see' summer in your photos. We are not really there yet. I always think making jam, much like planting bulbs, is like money in the bank. I love that stocked-larder feel. Except with me it's apple chutney as we have more apples than we know what too do with every Autumn! Louise x

Love, love, LOVE the pics!!! You're doin' a great job...I'm no pro but I like the apeture. I don't know what you can do about the over exposure on some...you can only go strawberry picking certain times of the day and if it's sunny, it's sunny...unless you're willing to take the professional shades out to the patch with you, I don't really know what you can do...surely some pros out there have an answer. I had 2 favoirtes...the bucket with red boots in the background and the one with your daughter holding the bucket of strawberries....soooo pretty!

Love this post! Wow! those photos and coloring are amazing! I keep meaning to put some time into learning more about photography. I shamefully use my nice camera as a point and shoot. I've got to take the time! These are so super great paige! seriously!

YUM! Strawberry jam on Belgian Waffles....oh yea! I make Peach jam and syrup, maybe we should swap a jar or two huh?Thanks for all the well wishes during my illness.Love Caroline's rockin' red boots. Dingos?

beautiful...you can shoot on aperture priority just decrease the amount of time that your shutter is open..iso as low as you can go....you did great!!! you CAN shoot in manual!! beautiful!!!!! you are so talented at capturing an entire story in pictures as i feel as though i was there...and wish i was..no strawberries in "the ham"...xoxoxo

oh these pics are beautiful! and i was head over heels with your bracelet wearing girl (have one of my own!)... and then the red boots almost brought me to tears- good, silly memories of our own red boots. looks like quite a day!

For me it's the purity of the strawberries, popped in the mouth and mouth-watering. I'm not big on jams & jellies, but oh, those fruits. It takes me back to my first job picking berries at an orchard when I was twelve. As I go out to my own strawberry patch I'm amazed at how my hands work--efficiently, effortlessly, like I've been doing it my whole life, even though it's been years.

love trips to the strawberry patch....beautiful pictures....I'm not a professional...so I have no advice...I am taking a class this summer so that I can know what to do with the expensive camera that lives at our house.

Well, I know absolutely nada about photography, but I do know that I *love* those "overprocessed" shots. Let the light in!! It looks so dreamy. Happy accident? Beauty on purpose? Regardless, I need some strawberry jam! Grow, babies, GROW!

This has gotten me SO in the mood to make jam this summer! My mouth is actually watering at the very thought! No strawberries in this neck of the woods for another month, but the ANTICIPATION will make that jam all the SWEETER. Your shot of the berry bucket was the bomb ~ congratulations on capturing the essence of summer! xx P&H

We have a tonne of wild blackberry bushes around our neighborhood and last fall my father took it upon himself to try and pick every.single.berry. What to do with many buckets of berries? Make jam! You're right, so stinkin easy! I can't wait for our strawberries to ripen!

I think your shots are beautiful. Just beautiful. For the more wider shots, you could try shooting in Program mode and maybe bumping your ISO down since it was so bright outside. 200 or 400? Or even 100. Still, I think the shots are lovely.

if i could eat through the screen i would... the jam looks so yummy and strawberry is my favorite... we sent your umbrella and dress today... only a gillion weeks late... don't laugh at the package job it is g*etto for sure!!! miss you friend... take care!:)

I want one of those same lenses! Thank God for Traci and all of her fabulous advice on what to buy! I am a big fan of bright, almost over exposed pictures, so I think your photos are absolutely, positively perfect {not that they ARE over exposed}! Simply gorgeous photos Paige, so crisp and clear and lovely!!!! Photography is so much fun :)

I just found your blog through the artful blogging magazine... and what a surprise to see photos of Washington Farms! I live in Athens and was just there myself on Saturday, picking berries with my 2-yr-old daughter and 6-mos-old twin boys! Small world.

Such beautiful pictures and the love you demonstrate for your family is reflected in their faces...wow. wow. wow. Really beautiful Paige!

Maybe you could write a post sharing some photography tips! I have lots to learn about all that fancy lingo!

We finally were able to go strawberry picking here (haven't been able to because of all of the rain!) and my little ones had the best time.

I have never made strawberry jam but we are going to give it a try today! We are also going to make strawberry muffins and a homemade pie! Pray for me. I'm planning on making a huge mess in the kitchen!!